See also: wainwright

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Etymology

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From Old English wægnwyrhta, equivalent to wain (large wagon for farm use) + wright (worker; maker).

The Canadian town is named after William Wainwright, the second vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway along which the town was built.[1]

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈweɪnɹaɪt/

Proper noun

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Wainwright

  1. An English surname originating as an occupation
  2. A municipal district (Municipal District of Wainwright No. 61) and town therein, in Alberta, Canada.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama.
    2. A minor city in North Slope Borough, Alaska.
    3. An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
    4. An unincorporated community in Milton Township, Jackson County, Ohio.
    5. An unincorporated community in Warwick Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
    6. A town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.

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Noun

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Wainwright (plural Wainwrights)

 
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  1. (climbing) Any of the 214 fells (hills and mountains) described in A. Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (1955–1966), often visited as a form of peak bagging.

References

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  1. ^ 2024, Town of Wainright, “Heritage,” wainright.ca.